Museum / Archive

Elgin County Archives

Part Of

Harley Lashbrook Collection

Description Level

Item

Accession Number

2016-09

Storage Room

Archives Storage Rm. 110

Storage Location

W9 B7 149

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

October 3, 1975

Series

Harley Lashbrook Collection - Photographs series

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w negative ; 4 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

Three black-and-white negative photographs featuring the culvert in the 2nd Concession, on October 3, 1975.

W9 B7 149b was published in the West Lorne Sun on October 3, 1975, with the caption: "Installation of a 148-foot long culvert on the 2nd Concession, just east of Division Line, is complete, with grading down approaches on each side underway, and back-filling both sides of the culvert in progress by two draglines as in the foreground. The big corrugated pipe is 12'9'" wide and 9'10" high. Total cost of the project is about $75,000 which includes $72,000 for the pipe, backfilling and hill grading contract, plus about $3,000 for land purchases, engineering and fencing. Weather permitting the job should be completed in another two weeks."

Name Access

Rodney Mercury

West Lorne Sun

Rodney (Ont.)

West Lorne (Ont.)

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